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Rural Baptist educational institution in Oneida, Kentucky — referenced in the context of Kentucky's basketball culture and the communities that produced athletes who became part of American sports narratives.
Republican Senator from Kentucky (2011–) — ophthalmologist — son of Ron Paul — the Senate's leading libertarian voice — who filibustered the Patriot Act reauthorization (2015) and has been the primary Senate critic of foreign intervention and surveillance.
American singer-songwriter from Lawrence County, Kentucky who writes Appalachian country music — known for Purgatory, Country Squire, Long Violent History, and Can I Take My Hound to Heaven — considered the most authentic voice of working-class Appalachian life in contemporary country music.